taxon: A class to represent a single taxon

In binomen: 'Taxonomic' Specification and Parsing Methods

Description

A class to represent a single taxon

Usage

taxon(binomial, grouping)

Arguments

binomial	A binomial name
grouping	A grouping object

Examples

bin <- binomial("Poa", "annua", authority="L.")
class <- grouping(kingdom=taxonref("kingdom", "Plantae"),
   species=taxonref("family", "Poaceae"))
taxon(bin, class)

# many names input
splist <- c('Litsea bindoniana', 'Rubus ghanakantae', 'Desmanthus palmeri',
 'Leptinella longipes', 'Asarum sakawanum', 'Cistanche compacta',
 'Ormosia nanningensis', 'Claoxylon physocarpum', 'Hedycarya arborea',
 'Hypnum gracile')
lapply(splist, binomial)

Example output

Attaching package: 'binomen'

The following object is masked from 'package:stats':

    binomial

The following objects are masked from 'package:base':

    grouping, rank

<taxon>
  binomial: Poa annua
  grouping: 
    kingdom: Plantae
    family: Poaceae
[[1]]
<binomial>
  genus: Litsea bindoniana
  epithet: 
  canonical: 
  species: 
  authority: 

[[2]]
<binomial>
  genus: Rubus ghanakantae
  epithet: 
  canonical: 
  species: 
  authority: 

[[3]]
<binomial>
  genus: Desmanthus palmeri
  epithet: 
  canonical: 
  species: 
  authority: 

[[4]]
<binomial>
  genus: Leptinella longipes
  epithet: 
  canonical: 
  species: 
  authority: 

[[5]]
<binomial>
  genus: Asarum sakawanum
  epithet: 
  canonical: 
  species: 
  authority: 

[[6]]
<binomial>
  genus: Cistanche compacta
  epithet: 
  canonical: 
  species: 
  authority: 

[[7]]
<binomial>
  genus: Ormosia nanningensis
  epithet: 
  canonical: 
  species: 
  authority: 

[[8]]
<binomial>
  genus: Claoxylon physocarpum
  epithet: 
  canonical: 
  species: 
  authority: 

[[9]]
<binomial>
  genus: Hedycarya arborea
  epithet: 
  canonical: 
  species: 
  authority: 

[[10]]
<binomial>
  genus: Hypnum gracile
  epithet: 
  canonical: 
  species: 
  authority: 

binomen documentation built on May 30, 2017, 7:38 a.m.